Things that are helpful to know about me...I'm a spoilerwhore and when I get ragey...Idina gets fluffy. So sufficive to say I'm in total denial and I've convinced myself Matt is just in the exchange program and when we get rid of Sunshine (sheeesh...that name!) at Mid season break...we'll get Matt back. I WILL NOT HEAR OTHERWISE! LALALALALALALAL I CAN'T HEAR YOU! And like that news would even stop me! I'm from the soaps fandoms peeps! DEATH hasnt' stopped me from shipping characters before!

"Thank you again for doing this Carole." Kurt smiled at his almost step-mother. It really was probably just a matter of time before he could drop the whole "almost" part of the title. His dad didn't think he had been noticed looking at rings in the jewelry store window the last time they had gone to the mall, but Kurt certainly had noticed. The crush on Finn had long since died a most painful death, but he would never regret bringing Carole into his family.

"It's not a problem." Carole protested with a laugh. "I've actually found it rather fun. Now do you think we've covered every possible scenario?"

Pausing to consider her question, Kurt reviewed the plans they had just made for Friday in his mind. After multiple texts to Matt had given him no information about what exactly was planned for the date (and therefore given him absolutely no idea how to appropriately dress), Kurt had jokingly accused Matt of not actually having a plan. Naturally this had led to a war of words about how could actually plan a better date. Mercedes had sworn she had been kidding, but when Quinn echoed her suggestion of splitting the date into to two parts, both he and Matt found it an ideal solution. Apparently both Mercedes and Quinn found them completely insane.

Somehow it was decided Kurt would plan the dinner portion of the date and Matt would plan their activity. And with total control of the second date's agenda on the line, Kurt was determined to win. He had worked very hard on not only planning out the perfect dinner arrangements, but blocking out Mercedes's teasing the entire ride back home about the automatic assumption there would be a second date.

Of course there was going to be a second date. First off, Friday was going to be perfect if Kurt had anything to say about it and quite clearly he did. Secondly, as his best friend so wisely pointed out during study hall, honestly they had done all the awkward getting to know you stuff weeks ago. Alright, he had been a little blind to it at the time, but it still counted. He was at least passingly familiar with Matt's more annoying characteristics (Top of the list? Not speaking up.) and Matt seemed to handle his own less than pleasant quirks. He wasn't going to spend this date wondering if there was and chemistry between them and if he even wanted to see Matt again. Clearly the answers to those questions were yes and yes.

Somewhere in the middle of all the misinterpretations and chaos, he had fallen head over heels for one Matthew Rutherford. And it scared him to death. Even though it filled him with total shame, he could see now that a large part of the attraction to Sam was the idea of having another gay boy in Lima. Sam was perfectly nice, wonderful even at times, but Kurt could honestly say he never experienced the same overwhelming urge to just kiss Sam the way he did with Matt. And while he denied it, there always was the small part of him that was completely aware Finn was straight and would never return his feelings. Now he was faced with the thrilling reality of someone who could not only return his feelings, but seemed to feel them just as strongly as he did.

Not that he was anywhere near ready to talk about his feelings with Matt. Weeks of getting to know each other and nearly an entire year in glee together or not, this was still the first date. Plus Matt was in no way ready for such a conversation. He had enough going on his life right now and had barely begun to deal with his entire new situation required. Kurt adding in his way too soon declaration of feelings would just send Matt into overload. For now the best course of action was just to keep these feelings to himself and wait for the proverbial perfect moment. Which would hopefully occur after a few months of successful dates.

"I think we've covered everything and a few impossibilities." Kurt smiled as he pointed to the backup plan in case of an earthquake they had come up with.

"Well we haven't covered everything." Carole said slowly.

"Carole, we're a little inland for a hurricane to hit us." Kurt laughed.

"I mean we haven't talked about your father. You know he's going to talk to Matt before all this starts right?"

"Can't you arrange a date night for the two of you at the same time?"Kurt asked hopefully.

"I tried and if Finn hadn't accidentally mentioned your own date, it probably would have worked." Carole patted his hand with a pitying smile on her face. "I'm sorry sweeties. He's going to talk to him."

Kurt was confused whether Carole was apologizing for failing at distracting his father or her son's problem with keeping information to himself, but he wasn't about to ask her for clarification. He could deal with Finn later tonight. With a groan, he lowered his head to the tabletop. "Matt's already terrified of him. This is sooo not going to help matters."

"It can't be that bad."

"Matt's already convinced Dad has a shot gun in the house. Now he'll be convinced Dad will use it."

"He only does this because he loves you. You know that."

"I know." Kurt admitted with a sigh and an eye roll. "I just wish that when he told me he was ok with me dating, he mentioned it was because he was going to treat me like he would a daughter."

Carole laughed a little. "Good thing you never had a sister then. I'd hate to see what he'd do for her."

"He'd probably buy the gun if she existed." Kurt agreed. "Carole you have to help me. You have to talk to him. Convince him to be nice."

"I'm trying. But it's obvious you really like him. And that's a little scary for your dad." Carole said softly. "This is different than when you went out with Sam. Isn't it?"

"Yeah." Kurt admitted just as softly. "Everything just feels different you know? I really want this to work."

"I know you do." Carole smiled. She was willing to bet Kurt had absolutely no idea how much his entire face lit up when he talked about Matt. That was what was scaring Burt. Not so much the fact Kurt was dating, she knew he really did know that was going to happen at some point for his son. It was the fact Kurt had clearly already fallen hard and just didn't realize the extent of it just yet. And it was obvious Matt felt the exact same way. And when the two of them figured that part out, she and Burt would really have reasons to worry.

"I'll worry about your father. You just worry about making sure everything for Friday works out as well as we planned."

A bright smile graced Kurt's face and he impulsively leaned over to hug her. "You really are kind of great, you know that?"

"I've heard rumors, but it's always nice to have confirmation."